45 Power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings involving persons under 18

45  Power to restrict reporting of criminal proceedings involving persons under 18

(1)     This section applies (subject to subsection (2)) in relation to—

(a)     any criminal proceedings in any court (other than a service court) in England and Wales or Northern Ireland; and

(b)     any proceedings (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) in any service court.

(2)     This section does not apply in relation to any proceedings to which section 49 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 applies.

(3)     The court may direct that no matter relating to any person concerned in the proceedings shall while he is under the age of 18 be included in any publication if it is likely to lead members of the public to identify him as a person concerned

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